U.S. Ocean Action Plan Sample Clauses

U.S. Ocean Action Plan. On December 17, 2004, President Xxxxxx X. Xxxx issued an executive order establishing a Committee on Ocean Policy as part of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and released the U.S. Ocean Action Plan.33 The Administration’s actions were taken in response to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy’s final report, “An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century,”34 containing 212 recommendations addressing all aspects of ocean and coastal policy as mandated by the Oceans Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-256). The 16 members of the Commission called on the President and Congress to take decisive, immediate action to carry out their recommendations to halt the steady decline of U.S. oceans and coasts. The Committee on Ocean Policy is chaired by the CEQ chairman, and the membership consists of designated Federal officials as listed in the U.S. Ocean Action Plan including the NASA Administrator. The Committee’s purpose is to coordinate the activities of executive branch departments and agencies regarding ocean-related matters in an integrated and effective manner to advance the environmental and economic interests of present and future generations of Americans. To support its work, the Committee established subsidiary bodies that coordinate with existing structures, including the following bodies in which NASA participates: Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration, National Science and Technology Council Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology, and Subcommittee on Integrated Management of Ocean Resources. The work of these bodies is in the preliminary stages, focusing on developing priorities and plans. The Committee xxxxxxx00 describes NASA’s role in ocean stewardship, noting that “NASA’s ability to study the Earth’s oceans from space has become essential to progress in oceanography given the global reach of the Earth’s oceans and their extensive interactions with the atmosphere in shaping the Earth’s climate.” The intent of the U.S. Ocean Action Plan is to identify immediate, short-term actions that provide direction for ocean policy and outline additional long-term actions for the future. The Plan includes several references to Earth observations and limited references to specific energy management issues. The Plan notes that the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System will be a major element of the Global Ocean Observing System, which in turn is a substantial component of GEOSS. The Plan highlights NASA’s planned 2008 laun...
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